BREACH ALLEGED.
POINT OF PRIVILEGE.
EVIDENCE FOR COMMITTEE. "MR. SPEAKER'S" COMMENT. (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. Sir. A. D. McLeod, chairman of the Industries and Commerce Committee in the House of Representatives, raised the question of an alleged breach of privilege by the secretary of the New Zealand Master Bakers.' Association in circulating to members and others evidence which he gave before the committee. No doubt it was an inadvertent breach, but he desired direction from "Mr. Speaker' , regarding action which might be taken. Sir Charles Statham replied that no doubt there was a priina facie case of breach of privilege. He did not think it was generally known that witnesses who gave evidence before Parliamentary committees were not permitted to divulge it (o anyone else. Mr. A. J. Stallworthy (Independent, Eden) asked if the fact that evidence was prepared before being submitted to the committee altered the circumstances. '•Mr. .Speaker" replied that there was nothing to prevent anyone publishing what was proposed to be said to a committee, but the actual evidence should not be disclosed. On .the motion of the Prime Minister, the matter was referred to the Committee on Privileges.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 224, 21 September 1934, Page 3
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